Generals Men's Tennis Hosts the W&L Invitational

Sep 10, 2011

LEXINGTON, Va. – The Washington and Lee men's tennis team
opened its 2011 fall schedule by hosting the first day of the
W&L Invitational on Saturday.

Senior Brian
Roberts (Potomac, Md./Winston Churchill) is still alive in the
Flight C singles bracket after posting wins over Case Western
Reserve's Bas Van Lent (6-1, 6-1) and senior teammate Michael Freeman (Portland,
Ore./Jesuit), 6-4, 6-2. He will take on CWRU's Eric Klawitter
in Sunday's championship match. Freeman advanced to the
semifinals with a 0-6, 6-1, 6-2 win over Panayot Kusidi of North
Carolina Wesleyan in the first round.

In other singles action, junior Hayden White (Baltimore,
Md./Towson) recorded a 7-6 (5), 6-2 win over Robert Kjelberg of
North Carolina Wesleyan in the opening round of the "A" singles
flight, before falling to Sean Carr of Case by a score of 2-6, 6-2,
6-2 in the semifinals.

In doubles action, the team of Roberts and first-year Christopher Hu (Ridgewood,
N.J./Ridgewood) won their opening match of the "B" flight,
defeating Derek Reinbold and Van Lent of Case Western, 8-6.
They will take on the CWRU tandem of Will Drougas and Klawitter in
the second round on Sunday.

The team of Shamshiri and first-year Michael Goldstein (Chapel
Hill, N.C./Baylor School) also won their opener in the "A" double
flight, defeating Khussainov and Artsiom Prostak of NCWC,
8-1. The duo then fell to John Healy and Rohan Patel of Case
Western Reserve in the second round by a score of 8-5.